| Buffalo Bills at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: November 27, 1960 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Bears Stadium Attendance: 7785 |
| Weather: Light Snow Temp: 28 F Humidty: 81% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 10 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 38 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 38 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Billy Atkins 20 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Wray Carlton 1 run (Billy Atkins kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Elbert Dubenion 76 pass from Tommy O'Connell (Billy Atkins kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Gene Mingo 1 run (Gene Mingo kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Billy Atkins 13 FG | 20 | 7 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Mack Yoho 15 interception return (Tommy O'Connell run) | 28 | 7 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Willmer Fowler 19 run (Billy Atkins kick) | 35 | 7 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Billy Atkins 31 FG | 38 | 7 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Lionel Taylor 80 pass from Frank Tripucka (Gene Mingo kick) | 38 | 14 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Lionel Taylor 24 pass from Frank Tripucka (Gene Mingo kick) | 38 | 21 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Lionel Taylor 35 pass from Frank Tripucka (Gene Mingo kick) | 38 | 28 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Don Allen 1 run (Gene Mingo kick) | 38 | 35 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Gene Mingo 19 FG | 38 | 38 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | SE | Monte Crockett |
| 74 | LOT | Harold Olson |
| 60 | LOG | Phil Blazer |
| 52 | C | Dan McGrew |
| 70 | ROG | Ed Muelhaupt |
| 77 | ROT | Don Chelf |
| 81 | TE | Tom Rychlec |
| 14 | QB | Tommy O'Connell |
| 11 | HB | Richie Lucas |
| 44 | FL | Elbert Dubenion |
| 30 | FB | Wray Carlton |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Mack Yoho |
| 73 | LDT | Chuck McMurtry |
| 79 | RDT | Jim Sorey |
| 87 | RDE | Laverne Torczon |
| 55 | LLB | Bernie Buzyniski |
| 56 | MLB | Archie Matsos |
| 67 | RLB | Joe Schaffer |
| 45 | LCB | Richie McCabe |
| 22 | LS | Jim Wagstaff |
| 20 | RS | Billy Atkins |
| 24 | RCB | Billy Kinard |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Pat Epperson |
| 73/74 | LOT | Gordy Holz |
| 60 | LOG | Ken Adamson |
| 51 | C | Mike Nichols |
| 71 | ROG | Willie Smith |
| 75/72 | ROT | Eldon Danenhauer |
| 87 | TE | Lionel Taylor |
| 18 | QB | Frank Tripucka |
| 22 | HB | Bob Stransky |
| 89 | FL | Ken Carpenter |
| 35 | FB | Dave Rolle |
| Defense | ||
| 65 | LDE | Joe Young |
| 64 | LDT | Bud McFadin |
| 67 | RDT | John Hatley |
| 76 | RDE | Billy Yelverton |
| 33/23 | LLB | Pete Mangum |
| 34 | MLB | Hardy Brown |
| 84 | RLB | Al Day |
| 41 | LCB | Bob McNamara |
| 42 | LS | Al Romine |
| 45 | RS | Goose Gonsoulin |
| 15 | RCB | Skip Doyle |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Willmer Fowler | 15 | 120 | 8.0 | 1 | |
| Wray Carlton | 20 | 66 | 3.3 | 1 | |
| Joe Kulbacki | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Green | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Carl Smith | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Richie Lucas | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tommy O'Connell | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Ted Wegert | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 32 | 0 |
| Dave Rolle | 9 | 15 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Bob Stransky | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Gene Mingo | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 1 | |
| J.W. Brodnax | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Don Allen | 6 | -1 | -0.2 | 1 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Tommy O'Connell | 15 | 6 | 40.0 | 0 | 134 | 8.9 | 1 | 94.9 | |||
| Johnny Green | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 0 | 33 | 3.7 | 0 | 54.4 | |||
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Frank Tripucka | 41 | 19 | 46.3 | 5 | 328 | 8.0 | 3 | 58.8 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Elbert Dubenion | 6 | 134 | 22.3 | 1 | |
| Al Hoisington | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Richie Lucas | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Wray Carlton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Lionel Taylor | 9 | 199 | 22.1 | 3 | |
| Jim Greer | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 0 | |
| Ken Carpenter | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 0 | |
| J.W. Brodnax | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Dave Rolle | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Jim Wagstaff | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Billy Kinard | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Mack Yoho | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15t | 1 |
| Jack Johnson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Richie McCabe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Billy Atkins | 6 | 180 | 30.0 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| George Herring | 6 | 211 | 35.2 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Willmer Fowler | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | ||
| Joe Kulbacki | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Ted Wegert | 3 | 89 | 29.7 | 0 | ||
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